Minnie Mouse

Here is a cake I did at work recently for a 2nd birthday. All the Decorations are edible (all decos made from fondant)

Here is another view of it

Pikachu I choose you!

This week someone ordered a pokemon cake which the nerd in me was very excited about. It's nice to see the things I loved as a kid still kicking around. 

For this cake they wanted pikachu on the top and seven other characters around the sides which they chose. 

Here is a pic of all the completed decorations 

The names of all the characters are 

Jigglypuff, Diglett, Poliwag, Chikorita, Wigglypuff, Gastly, and Slakoth(

Here are a couple of close-ups

Here is the finished cake! I really loved this one hope you all enjoy!

I can hold up the cup And the milk and the cake! said the cat in the hat

 Here's a picture of a cake i did this week for a 2 year olds birthday. I was really excited when someone said they wanted a cat in the hat cake. It was a nice break from all the princesses, Elmo's, and Dora's. The cake was also my favorite flavor banana with marshmallow icing, it may sound a bit strange but its delicious. All the decorations are made of fondant. 

I may add some better photos later, this one was just taken on my cell phone.

Harry Potter cupcakes

Just a quick post for now, here are some harry potter cupcakes i did recently. There are golden snitches, Harry's glasses, lightning bolts, Hedwig (the owl), Nimbus 2000 (the broom), as well as gryffindor and slytherin scarves. 

That's all for now 

Beauty & the Beast

Here is a cake I did recently, which was probably the most difficult cake I have made thus far. It was a beauty and the beast cake with matching themed cupcakes. The client was very specific in what she wanted, which in some ways is actually helpful. 

The most difficult part about this cake was definitely the figures on top. Figuring out how to construct them so that they can survive the delivery while retaining each figures characteristic. The second hardest part was the delivery itself, every little bump made my heart drop, I kept thinking this is it this will be the bump that ruins the cake. It was like having a glass baby on a rollercoaster. 

Luckily the cake made it safely not a mark on it, we assembled the stand with the cake and all the cupcakes. We met the woman who ordered the cake, she loved it and then I could finally breathe. So it all came out well with no disasters. 

This is a closeup photo of the Beast (all decorations are made of fondant)

A close up of Belle 

The finished cake before it left the bakery

Half the cupcakes Laura made these lovely roses aswell as the ones on the cake, you can check out her blog here

Here are the little books I made for the other half of the cupcakes

And here is the cake and the cupcakes assembed on the stand at the venue. Sorry for the bad quality I took it on my phone 

jewelry cake

This is a cake I did recently for jewelry designer nicholas varney's birthday. The cake had several pieces of his jewelry as well as some jewels and pearls. Here is his website, he makes very original ornate pieces.

Some up close photos of some of the pieces.    

Yellow sapphire "honeycomb brooch"

turquoise Mississippi river pearl earrings

Here is a photo of the full cake

Happy Birthday!

Todays post is children's birthday cakes. These are probably what i spend most of my time doing. Most of the time it's elmo, thomas the train, dora, or cars. However these were all a little different than what people normally get. 

This first cake was my hands down favorite, as it was one of my favorite tv shows growing up. Richard Scary's busy busy town. I had no idea they still played it. (all decorations made of fondant) This is the top view of the cake

Heres the side view, there's ants,worms, butterflies, ladybugs, blueberries, and magnifying glasses. I was a little confused about the blueberries but she requested them so hey as they say the customer is always right.  

I really liked this next one too, they were having a pirate themed birthday party and this is what the invite looked like, i don't think you can see it in the picture but the fish in the treasure chest has an eye patch. (all decorations made of fondant)

I have to be honest with you i was a little leery about this next cake. It's a character olivia the pig, now some people find her very cute. However i am not one of those people, in fact i found her very creepy at first when i was looking up pictures of her. So anyway i got over my fears and made the cake, and was actually pleased with the way it came, and think she does look quite cute. (all decorations made of fondant)

This last one is bugs bunny if you didn't know :] They wanted him fishing on a beach, bugs and the fish are made of fondant, and the sand is cookie crumbs. 

Well that's all folks !